suds
noun /sʌdz/
/sʌdz/
- (also soapsuds)[plural] a mass of very small bubbles that forms on top of water that has soap in it synonym lather
- She was up to her elbows in suds.
- [uncountable] (old-fashioned, North American English, informal) beer
Word Originmid 19th cent.: of uncertain sense development but perhaps originally denoting the flood water of the fens; compare with Middle Low German sudde, Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, bog’; probably related to seethe.